STOP EVERYTHING YOU ARE DOING RIGHT NOW.
Seriously. Stop. Focus on this exercise.
INSTRUCTIONS: Write down everything that makes you happy.
Ex. My spouse, my children or one of my children, or drinking wine, working, cooking, helping others, etc.
Write down EVERYTHING that makes you happy.
Next Step: write down a plan on how to increase your enjoyment from it.
Ex. I am going to go home every day at the end of work and give my spouse a big hug and kiss and tell them that I love them.
Ex. I am going to text my spouse 3x a week randomly during the day a hug emoji.
Ex. I am going to always put the cap back on the tube of toothpaste because I know how much it upsets them when I don’t.
Next Step: write down something you want to make you happy that currently is not.
Ex. I feel more distant from my parents than I want, and that makes me unhappy.
Next Step: write down your plan on how to correct that.
Ex. I am going to call my parents every Sunday and Wednesday.
Ex. I am going to send my parents flowers on my next birthday.
Take Inventory.
How many things did you write down that make you happy?
How many things did you write down that you want to make you happy but are not currently.
Put your plan into effect to increase your daily happiness.
At the end of each day review and update your “Happiness List”.
Take a few minutes to focus on what you did today to make yourself happier?
At the end of each month repeat this exercise from scratch.
Keep the prior month's list as a reference.
Each day is a gift.
Each day that brings you happiness is a true gift.
Let us focus on bringing more happiness into our lives daily.
The happier you are the better you are, and the better you are, allows you to make those around you happier and better.
Wishing that each day brings you happiness,
That each day is a bright and beautiful one to you,
That your light warms others,
David/
